diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 25b13ee..79542ea 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angularUtils-pagination",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/michaelbromley/angularUtils/tree/master/src/directives/pagination",
   "authors": [
     "Michael Bromley <michael@michaelbromley.co.uk>"
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   "moduleType": [
     "globals"
   ],
+  "dependencies": [
+	"angular": ">=1.1.4"
+  ],
   "keywords": [
     "angularjs",
     "pagination",
diff --git a/dirPagination.js b/dirPagination.js
index 88c80af..ab7f510 100644
--- a/dirPagination.js
+++ b/dirPagination.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             // regex taken directly from https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js#L211
             var match = expression.match(/^\s*([\s\S]+?)\s+in\s+([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+track\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?\s*$/);
 
-            var filterPattern = /\|\s*itemsPerPage\s*:[^|]*/;
+            var filterPattern = /\|\s*itemsPerPage\s*:[^|\)]*/;
             if (match[2].match(filterPattern) === null) {
                 throw 'pagination directive: the \'itemsPerPage\' filter must be set.';
             }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
     }
 
     function dirPaginationControlsTemplateInstaller($templateCache) {
-        $templateCache.put('angularUtils.directives.dirPagination.template', '<ul class="pagination" ng-if="1 < pages.length"><li ng-if="boundaryLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == 1 }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(1)">&laquo;</a></li><li ng-if="directionLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == 1 }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.current - 1)">&lsaquo;</a></li><li ng-repeat="pageNumber in pages track by $index" ng-class="{ active : pagination.current == pageNumber, disabled : pageNumber == \'...\' }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pageNumber)">{{ pageNumber }}</a></li><li ng-if="directionLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == pagination.last }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.current + 1)">&rsaquo;</a></li><li ng-if="boundaryLinks"  ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == pagination.last }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.last)">&raquo;</a></li></ul>');
+        $templateCache.put('angularUtils.directives.dirPagination.template', '<ul class="pagination" ng-if="1 < pages.length || !autoHide"><li ng-if="boundaryLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == 1 }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(1)">&laquo;</a></li><li ng-if="directionLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == 1 }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.current - 1)">&lsaquo;</a></li><li ng-repeat="pageNumber in pages track by $index" ng-class="{ active : pagination.current == pageNumber, disabled : pageNumber == \'...\' || ( ! autoHide && pages.length === 1 ) }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pageNumber)">{{ pageNumber }}</a></li><li ng-if="directionLinks" ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == pagination.last }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.current + 1)">&rsaquo;</a></li><li ng-if="boundaryLinks"  ng-class="{ disabled : pagination.current == pagination.last }"><a href="" ng-click="setCurrent(pagination.last)">&raquo;</a></li></ul>');
     }
 
     function dirPaginationControlsDirective(paginationService, paginationTemplate) {
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@
             scope: {
                 maxSize: '=?',
                 onPageChange: '&?',
-                paginationId: '=?'
+                paginationId: '=?',
+                autoHide: '=?'
             },
             link: dirPaginationControlsLinkFn
         };
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@
             }
 
             if (!scope.maxSize) { scope.maxSize = 9; }
+            scope.autoHide = scope.autoHide === undefined ? true : scope.autoHide;
             scope.directionLinks = angular.isDefined(attrs.directionLinks) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.directionLinks) : true;
             scope.boundaryLinks = angular.isDefined(attrs.boundaryLinks) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.boundaryLinks) : false;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0625412..6b524c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-utils-pagination",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Magical automatic pagination for anything in AngularJS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {